“From Operating Room to Oxygen Shortage: How a Young Doctor Discovered the Rhythm of Survival on Everest”
There isn’t so much as a whisper of thrill-seeking when Zieman writes about her fractured family, or excelling in school, or the stigma of labels like “scholarship kid,” or her love of language, or a “fear of fat” that leads to “restricted,” disordered eating, or her close-knit relationship with her maternal grandmother: the strong female archetype embodied, or challenging her parents’ practices, as she tries on a more observant religious approach. It’s no surprise that I felt seen in all these instances that mirror my own experience, just as I did when Zieman describes the “grounded…capable and strong” feeling of “pushing [her] body to extremes.” While I’ve honed my mind-body connection and something like grace through Pilates, Zieman finds the same confidence and power she earlier found dancing when later training and eventually trekking.
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